Top 50 Quotes & Sayings by Randy Moss

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Randy Moss.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Randy Moss

Randy Gene Moss is a former American football player. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and the San Francisco 49ers. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most naturally talented wide receivers of all time, he holds the NFL single-season touchdown reception record, the NFL single-season touchdown reception record for a rookie and is second on the NFL all-time regular season touchdown reception list with 156. Moss was well known for his prowess in securing contested catches and the word "mossed" has entered football vernacular. Post-football, he began working for ESPN as a studio analyst for its Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown programs.

Everybody has their own answer of what a catch should be. I say, secure the ball; if the ball is not moving, it's a dead ball, simple as that.
I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
I love the game so much. I've been penalized. I've been fined. I have some regrets in my career. But for those four hours on Sunday, you can be free and just let it all go. Retiring had nothing to do with football; it had to do with my family.
I love the game of football. I've been playing since I was 6 years old, and now that I am retired and not really into it physically, it's all about the mental part of it now. It's just coaching and teaching the game.
I always forgive, but I never forget. — © Randy Moss
I always forgive, but I never forget.
I don't know how many more times I'll be in New England again. But I leave coach Belichick and those guys with a salute: 'I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out.'
I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I am and what I do for a living, I asked my oldest daughter, 'What do you think about Daddy coming back?' And she said, 'I didn't think you were done. I want you to win the Super Bowl.'
I'm from West Virginia. If you didn't know what was happening in NASCAR, you were on the outside. NASCAR is a big league sport, but it's still also country and redneck.
It's not my fault that people don't know me. I'm going to speak my mind, no matter what the consequences are.
I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
To all my critics, you get paid to be negative.
I think I played in Lambeau maybe 14, 15 times. I've played there a lot of times. It's in the teens, double digit. I've had success on that field, won and lost.
Well, I've learned a lot from Bill Belichick. I've said time and time again, before I got to New England, I thought I knew a lot about football. But I think he taught me a lot from A to Z. I still carry it to this day.
People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules. — © Randy Moss
People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.
I am more into the old school guy than I am with the new school guys. I came in young and I had to pay my dues to be considered a vet. To be able to play for over 10 years at wide receiver, that's why I like looking at the older guys like Larry Fitzgerald, Teddy Ginn Jr., Brian Hartline. That's what I'm about.
When you're rich you don't write checks.
Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.
I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.
Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?
The New England Patriots have always been a special organization and I've always watched from afar.
If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
And it hurts as a player, that you put a lot of hard work in during the week, and at the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that's when they acknowledge about the hard work that you put in throughout the week. That's actually a disappointment.
I'm a country boy who hasn't really been exposed to city living, and it throws me.
I want to keep winning, the hell with the record.
I'm starting to realize I can't practice a certain way during the week and expect to play another way on Sunday.
My concentration and focus level tends to go down sometimes when I'm in a bad mood.
I smoke a blunt once every blue moon. But hey, the moon looks kinda blue tonight.
Excluding nobody, I'm the best player in the National Football League.
I have used, you know, marijuana ... since Ive been in the league.
I'm one of the most competitive guys in the NFL. Believe me, nobody wants it more than me.
I like to keep my surroundings low-key. I don't need much around me. I'm easy don't need a lot of racket.
I don't care about my image. I'm already paid. I've already got my money, so why worry about my image? — © Randy Moss
I don't care about my image. I'm already paid. I've already got my money, so why worry about my image?
The one thing I did learn at Florida State, I learned to talk trash, believe that
I've always just loved to play football, even if it was street football, like razzle-dazzle.
You can't stop me in bump. And you definitely can't stop me playing off. You just try to contain me and stop me from getting a lot of catches.
If it's early in the game and the team's not doing well, I get frustrated when I don't get the ball, because I think I can spark the team and get the crowd into it.
He hasn't shown me anything but how he carries himself as a professional man, husband, father and athlete. Tom Brady is a pro's pro. I love the man and everything he's accomplished.
Everybody knows I got a temper. It's not a temper temper-not an off-the-field temper. It's a competitive temper, wanting to do good. But as far as being a guy who disrupts a lot of things, who doesn't want to listen? Nah, man. That's false. That's false because I'm excelling.
I'm just enjoying the ride. I'm just contributing what I can.
The Moss of old is back!
I don't want records. I want a Super Bowl ring.
When you're rich, you don't write checks. Straight cash, homey.
In a way, I am what they say I am. I am a hard-ass. I'm hard to get along with. Most of the time I'm moody. All that's true. I got no problem with people saying that. — © Randy Moss
In a way, I am what they say I am. I am a hard-ass. I'm hard to get along with. Most of the time I'm moody. All that's true. I got no problem with people saying that.
Nobody controls me but my mama and God.
I have used, you know, marijuana ... since I've been in the league....But as far as abusing it and, you know, letting it take control over me, I don't do that, no....hopefully ... I won't get into any trouble by the NFL by saying that, you know. I have had fun throughout my years and, you know, predominantly in the offseason.
I Play When I Want to Play.
I'm a guy here to play football. I'm not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I'm not into all that.
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